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Leopecten gatunensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Flabellipecten) gatunensis was named by Toula (1909). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pecten gatunensis by Brown and Pilsbry (1911), Olsson (1922), Hodson et al. (1927); it was recombined as Flabellipecten gatunensis by Woodring (1982); it was recombined as Leopecten gatunensis by Waller (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Pecten (Flabellipecten) gatunensis Toula p. 711 figs. pl. 26, fig. 2
1911Pecten gatunensis Brown and Pilsbry p. 365
1922Pecten gatunensis Olsson p. 197
1927Pecten gatunensis Hodson et al. p. 24
1964Pecten (Flabellipecten) gatunensis Olsson p. 35
1982Flabellipecten gatunensis Woodring p. 584
2011Leopecten gatunensis Waller p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusLeopecten
speciesgatunensis(Toula 1909)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Leopecten gatunensis Toula 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:02:01
Modified: 2010-02-16 06:48:49
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 33.90000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Panama Flabellipecten gatunensis (42581)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Panama Flabellipecten gatunensis (42577 42578 92986)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Tamaulipas) Pecten macdonaldi (43074)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Panama Flabellipecten gatunensis (93041)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Colombia Leopecten gatunensis (96502)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Flabellipecten gatunensis (130981) Pecten gatunensis (131304)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten gatunensis (61030 135503)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Flabellipecten gatunensis (93168) Leopecten gatunensis (136118 145522 145523) Pecten gatunensis (134661)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Flabellipecten gatunensis (145333) Leopecten gatunensis (142933)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Flabellipecten gatunensis (96520)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ecuador Leopecten gatunensis (96441)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Flabellipecten gatunensis (60694 61165 61167 61171 61173 61174 61189)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Leopecten gatunensis (90594 90595)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Leopecten gatunensis (135839)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama Pecten gatunensis (134663)